Increased renal corticomedullary FDG activity in a patient of NHL–malignant or benign?

Authors describe diagnostic dilemma of differentiating pyelonephritis with lymphomatous involvement of kidney in a known case of lymphoma. FDG uptake pattern was non-discriminatory and pyelonephritis diagnosed retrospectively on follow up study. Authors emphasize the importance of recognition of fea...

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Autores principales: Arora, Abhishek J, Mohapatra, Tushar, Shaikh, Sikandar, Arora, Richa A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21712917
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.78260
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Sumario:Authors describe diagnostic dilemma of differentiating pyelonephritis with lymphomatous involvement of kidney in a known case of lymphoma. FDG uptake pattern was non-discriminatory and pyelonephritis diagnosed retrospectively on follow up study. Authors emphasize the importance of recognition of features and subtle clues of infection evident on CT component of PET-CT.

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